Carl Garré

Carl Alois Philipp Garrè was a Swiss surgeon. He proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils by experimenting on himself and had one condition named after himself, Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis. He was a student of Robert Koch and Theodor Kocher.

Occupation

physician, university teacher, surgeon

Citizenship

Switzerland

Born

December 11, 1857

Died

March 6, 1928